STEM The Divide!

WWW of the new information age

FTS wikis

Instagram

After holding out for so long, a friend of mine finally convinced me to get on Instagram.... So after giving it a try I thought I would post (on Flickr!) about the experience so far.... Read more over at Flickr

Down the rabbit hole

A friend sent me a link to this article today: IBM Unveils a Computer that Can Argue

I don't know that I'd agree this computer is "thinking" and "learning" but it is impressive...  scary and impressive... personally though, while some scientists are trying to create artificial intelligence (did they not watch Terminator?!?!?!?!?!?), I think there's a good chance that the first true AI or AIs will actually come from the Internet.... 

Some food for thought:

Minding the Planet: From Semantic Web to Global Mind

some of the other places (in no particular order) that I wandered after visiting that article....

http://stko.geog.ucsb.edu/sw2022/sw2022_paper1.pdf

http://keet.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/some-ideas-about-what-the-semantic-web-will-look-like-in-2022/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBpedia

http://mmt.me.uk/slides/iam121009/#(1)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind

http://longbets.org/1/

http://singularityhub.com/2011/04/04/kurzweil-is-confident-machines-will-pass-turing-test-by-2029-video-2/

Download Humorous Vector Badges - for Designers.

Ive noticed lately that all designers have the same thoughts, loves and pet hates about desig...

Quote by Winnicott

Tim Berners-Lee, Human Rights Day 2013 - 20 Years Working For Your Rights

Open Remarks by Sir Tim Berners-Lee on Panel Discussion on Building a World Wide Human Rights Web: human rights and the free flow of information

I protected my privacy by ditching Chrome for Brave–and so should you

This web browser looks and works like Chrome–if Chrome were built to shield your data from prying eyes.

I’ve been reading about Brave, going to give it a go....

Keep a list...

Week 10: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

Amy Siskind posts her list each week on Fb and shares it on Medium.  She is the Co-founder of The New Agenda, organization “dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls by bringing about systemic change in the media, at the workplace, at school and at home.”  

If you’re not keeping your own list-- this is one of the best I’ve seen online that you can follow.   Want to catch up on the other weeks?  Amy has them all listed at the bottom of her post.

It’s pretty chilling.... but, even as:  We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump 

"Hoar frost on fence, Dunfermline, Fife - 1" flickr photo by SwaloPhoto  shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license